Top 25 Role Models Quotes – Some of the most inspiring Role Models quotations

People who dream of something bigger and better are good role models.

People focus on role models; it is more effective to find antimodels – people you don’t want to resemble when you grow up.

I think role models exist, but they usually don’t get the light because people like scandal.

Companies and leaders are role models – not just with the business community – but in the broader world.

Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are mentors and role models. They are examples of success and the men who constantly push us toward it.

Let’s face it: Most of us don’t realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The best role models are in the home: brothers, fathers, grandfathers; mothers, sisters, grandmothers. Moms and dads, it’s important that your kids see you reading. Not just books – reading the newspaper is good, too.

Pick your role models wisely.

It’s funny: when people always talk about the importance of role models, I used to think that was so exaggerated, but as I get older, I start to realize I don’t feel that way so much anymore. If you see somebody like you who’s doing something, an older version of what you are, it does make you feel like it’s more possible.

We surround ourselves with what is better or see other people as role models. You go, ‘If they can do this, so can I.’ That starts to trigger people, as well.

Perseverance is the act of true role models and heroes.

I don’t have just one role model – rather, pieces of inspiration from many different entrepreneurs. One of the great things about being an entrepreneur is that it naturally enables you to build a village of advisors and role models.

One of the first things we did was to find role models or mentors at companies that had achieved what we wanted to do. We bribed them or annoyed them for long enough until they decided to mentor us.

Role models really matter. It’s hard to imagine yourself as something you don’t see.

Typically, when you look for role models, you want someone who has your interests and came from the same background. Well, look how restricting that is. What people should do is take role models a la carte. If there’s someone whose character you appreciated, you respect that trait.

We need good role models, and they have to start at the top.

I don’t believe athletes should be role models. . . . We’re a one-shot deal, one in a million, so we should be the least likely role models. . . . I think one of the problems in society today is that we don’t stress education enough, because we glorify athletes, actors and actresses.

My peers are my role models, and my role models are my peers. Which is extraordinary.

Sometimes I feel like the best role models and the people you should look up to most are the people who make mistakes because they show you how to overcome them and walk through that mistake with integrity and grace.

I would tell kids not be like me, but to try and be better than me. Because I always wanted to be better than everyone I was around. That’s what drove me. I wanted to be better than my role models. I’m super competitive.

Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn than when they teach.

To change bad habits we must study the habits of successful role models.

Children need role models rather than critics.

Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.

Pick your role models wisely, find out what they did and do it.

My role models have kept on changing.